Wednesday September 12th, 1855:- the
ship Switzerland, 640 tons, D. Doherty,
Master, from Liverpool June 16th.
Passengers: Mrs. D. Doherty ; Mr. H. Owen, surgeon-superintendent
in the cabin and the following emigrants
in the steerage. .
. .
— 29th
ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1855 ; 1
birth and 2 deaths on the passage ; Harold Owen,
surgeon-superintendent.

note: this ship was a Charter for the Highland
and Island Emigration Society (HIES) . . those passengers
are on their own
three lists below the first three lists :: i families,
ii single men, iii single women :: . . see also . . http://www.angelfire.com/ns/bkeddy/HIES/2.html . . for more details on
this and other voyages.
Regards Robert, Adelaide

ship Switzerland

640 tons, 3 masted ship, built 1854 (?)
Bath, Maine, 130.7 x 28 x 23, owner, James Baines,
Liverpool.
Arrived on the 11th of September and landed
in the Colony 262 souls. 2 deaths and 1 birth took place
at sea. She was commanded by Mr. Samuel Doherty and Mr
Harrold Owen is the Surgeon-Superintendent. By this vessel
a number of Highland families arrived, aided by the funds
of the Highland and Island Emigration Society of Scotland.
These people are generally valuable Colonists ; their
social and domestic habits and attachments lead them
to remain together, so that inducements which would lure
away others to the gold fields are powerless on the Highlander.
The Colonists found that those who arrived by the Hercules (passenger
list) were at that time a most eligible class of
people. The circumstances
of the Colony have changed since that time ;
but I believe, the pastoral settlers will willingly engage
these families. The demand, however, for that class of
persons is limited. The greater number of those who arrived
by the Switzerland have been sent to Guichen
Bay.

note: Malcolm Shaw was
born at sea and died in port, four days after arrival
; no record found for burial on shore.

Surgeon Superintendent Report

Name of Mother

Date of Birth

Sex of Infant

Shaw, Catherine

August 22nd, 1855

male

note: where maiden name
of
wife is indicated,
it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger
list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families,
ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber
notes in italics

Names

Age

Occupation

B-index

Residence

Remarks

Last

Given

Families

Brown

James

26

Weaver

187/3

Renfrew

Janet

25

Agnes

inf

Campbell

James

29

Weaver

232/2

Renfrew

Agnes

21

James

inf

Campbell

Robert

32

Weaver

233/2

Renfrew

Margaret (Nimmo)

29

Mary

4

Robert

1

Cassells

William

25

Weaver

248/3

Renfrew

Jane

23

Conway

John

49

Agr. Labourer

310/1

Kings co.

Jane

45

Bridget

13

Thomas

10

Catherine

7

Corrie

Johanna

48

Servant

-

Clare

single parent

Mary

22

Servant

Catherine

25

Servant

Margaret

18

Servant

James

12

Patrick

26

Labourer

321/2

Michael

23

Labourer

321/2

Thomas

14

Labourer

321/2

Deans

James

23

Weaver

392/2

Renfrew

Mary

23

Dempster

William

22

Weaver

396/3

Paisley North, Renfrew

Elizabeth (Cowie)

20

Gallagher

William

26

Weaver

544/1

Renfrew

Jane

24

William

4

McAlpine

Andrew

38

Weaver

1048/2

Paisley Middle Church, Renfrew

Mary

33

Meikle

William

n/a

Weaver

1091/3

Renfrew

Martha

n/a

James

n/a

Jane

n/a

John

n/a

Murtrie

Hugh

44

Weaver

1159/3

Paisley South, Renfrew

1851 census, Mutrie | with family

Margaret

44

Hugh

12

Mary

8

James

6

Archibald

2

Paultney

William

31

Farm Labourer

-

Leicester St Mary, Leicestershire

Anne

24

Steel

William

28

Farm Servant

1538/2

Lanark

Mary

24

Jane

2

Andrew

1

Stewart

James

32

Weaver

1548/2

Paisley South, Renfrew

1851 census, age 24 !

Grace

31

1851 census, age 26

James

4

1851 census, age 8 months | twin sister Janet

Martha

inf

Townsend

John

28

Farm Servant

1615/2

Elland, Yorkshire

Esther Ann (Berry ?)

32

Elizabeth Ann

4

Emily

inf

Names

Age

Occupation

B-index

Residence

Remarks

Last

Given

Single Men

Brady

James

18

Labourer

163/1

Cavan

Conway

Anthony

20

Farm Servant

310/1

Kings co.

with family

Conway

William

22

Farm Servant

310/3

Kings co.

with family

Dunn

Michael

37

Farm Servant

440/1

Wicklow

with family

Dunn

Peter

21

Farm Servant

440/2

Wicklow

with family

Dunn

William

31

Farm Servant

440/3

Wicklow

with family

Purcell

Stephen

29

Labourer

-

Kilkenny

Ross

Donald

21

Labourer

1388/3

Ross and Cromarty

with family

Scott

Charles

20

Baker

-

Middlesex

Single Women

Ashmore

Susan

19

Farm Servant

Carlow

Auld

Eliza

37

Milliner

Leicestershire

Brian

Mary

21

Farm Servant

Wicklow

Byrne

Mary

18

Housemaid

Meath

Conway

Ann

16

Farm Servant

Kings co.

with family

Conway

Elizabeth

14

Farm Servant

Kings co.

with family

Day

Agnes

20

Domestic Servant

Aberdeen

Dugal

Mary

22

Dairymaid

Donegal

Dunn

Bridget

21

Farm Servant

Wicklow

with family

Dunn

Elizabeth

16

Farm Servant

Wicklow

with family

Dunn

Margaret

24

Farm Servant

Wicklow

with family

Hughes

Mary

30

Domestic Servant

Dublin

Jarvis

Ann

21

Domestic Servant

Renfrew

Lowrie

Ann

38

Laundress

Dublin

Maher

Mary

24

Domestic Servant

Kilkenny

Mansergh

Ellen

20

Servant

Tipperary

Mansgryle

Mansergh

Mary

22

Servant

Tipperary

Mansgryle

McKeon

Catherine

18

Domestic Servant

Armagh

McKeon

Mary

23

Domestic Servant

Armagh

McMillan

Catherine

25

Domestic Servant

Renfrew

McVitty

Ann

17

Domestic Servant

Fermanagh

Molan

Margaret

20

Farm Servant

Cork

Molan

Mary

22

Farm Servant

Cork

Morrison

Margaret

28

Domestic Servant

Renfrew

Murtrie

Agnes

18

Domestic Servant

Paisley South, Renfrew

with family

Murtrie

Janet

19

Domestic Servant

Paisley South, Renfrew

with family

Pentland

Bridget

21

Servant

Meath

Quinn

Bridget

31

Domestic Servant

Tipperary

Quinn

Eliza

19

Domestic Servant

Tipperary

Robe

Eliza

30

Servant

Donegal

Roe

Mary A.

19

Servant

Dublin

Ross

Anne

17

Dairymaid

Ross and Cromarty

with family

Stanford

Elizabeth

34

Servant

Galway

Stanford

Helen / Ellen

23

Servant

Galway

Tart

Mary

22

Servant

Kings co.

Watson

Dorothea

23

Domestic Servant

Armagh

Williams

Ellen

18

Domestic Servant

Clare

Highland and Island Emigration Society
(HIES) Emigrants

Names

Age

Occupation

B-index

Residence

Remarks

Last

Given

Families

Beaton

Alexander

45

Farm Labourer

-

Kilmuir, Inverness

Duirinish

Flora

45

Catherine

24

Neil

14

John

11

Cameron

Alexander

45

Shepherd

229/1

Knock, Inverness

Sleat

Ann

48

Marion

24

Alexander

20

Samuel

17

Catherine

15

Campbell

Malcolm

54

Crofter

233/1

Borreraig, Inverness

single parent | Duirinish

Ann

19

Catherine

17

John

15

Chisholm

Farquhar

54

Crofter

270/3

Struan, Inverness

Bracadale

Marion (McLeod)

54

Ann

29

John

27

Angus

24

Donald

22

John

19

Isabella / Belle

38

sister of Farquhar

Ferguson

Murdo

39

Farm Labourer

493/1

Edinbane, Inverness

Snizort

Ann

38

Malcolm

15

Christy

11

John

5

Macaskill

Murdo

28

Farm Servant

1049/2

Carbost, Inverness

Snizort

Marion

28

Margaret

1

Allan

1

Macdonald

Donald

24

Farm Servant

-

Kilmaluag, Inverness

brother and sister | Kilmuir

Mary

30

Macdonald

Murdo

30

Crofter

1061/1

Holmisdale, Inverness

Duirinish

Christy

25

Catherine

1

Mackinnon

John

28

Farm Servant

1075/3

Bernisdale, Inverness

Snizort

Agnes (Shaw)

20

Macleod

Alexander

39

Farm Servant

1079/1

Carbost, Inverness

Snizort

Ann (Macpherson)

37

Donald

10

Alexander

8

Angus

4

Macleod

Mary

45

Farm Servant

-

Hamara Glendale, Inverness

Duirinish

Catherine

14

Malcolm

8

Macleod

Neil

28

Crofter

1078/2

Bernisdale, Inverness

family number 893 | Snizort

Flora

27

Susan

1

Macleod

Rory

41

Farm Servant

1080/1

Isle Soay, Inverness

single parent | Bracadale

Christy

20

Catherine

18

Ann

14

Alexander

12

Mary

9

Donald

7

Macpherson

John

40

Crofter

1086/1

Sasaig, Inverness

Sleat

Ann

26

Mary

1

died at sea, Aug. 9th

McInnes

Donald

26

Farm Labourer

1070/2

Duisdalemore, Inverness

Sleat

Christy

23

Catherine

1

McInnes

Lachlan

39

Crofter

1070/3

Sasaig, Inverness

Sleat

Flora

40

Donald

17

Ann

15

Alexander

13

Catherine

9

Angus

5

McInnes

Neil

37

Farm Servant

1070/3

Kilvaxter, Inverness

Kilmuir

Flora

38

Alexander

15

Archibald

13

Ann

8

Bell / Isabella

5

McKay

Samuel

58

Crofter

1072/2

Bernisdale, Inverness

Snizort

Janet

49

Donald

22

Roderick

19

Flora

17

Mary

15

Donald

12

Margaret A.

10

Catherine

8

Alexander

6

McKenzie

Charles

49

Farm Labourer

995/1

Edinbane, Inverness

Duirinish

Christy (Macaskill)

47

Donald

17

John

12

Anne

9

Bell / Isabella

4

McLean

Neil

28

Crofter

1078/2

Bernisdale, Inverness

family number 865 | Snizort

Flora

27

Susan

1

McNeill

Roderick

44

Farm Labourer

1085/1

Edinbane, Inverness

Snizort

Ann (Shaw)

40

Malcolm

15

Margaret

14

Alexander

10

Norman

8

Ann

6

Roderick

4

McPhee

Malcolm

34

Farm Servant

1085/3

Carbost, Inverness

Snizort

Mary (McQueen ?)

32

Lachlan

8

John

3

Angus

1

McPhee

Munro ? / Murdoch ?

50

Crofter

1085/3

Upper Milovaig, Inverness

Duirinish

Mary

45

Mary

25

Margaret

27

Kate

17

John

14

Mary

11

Rory

3

Munro

Donald

60

Farm Servant

1152/2

Upper Milovaig, Inverness

Duirinish

Mary

47

Mary

18

Andrew

14

Alexander

7

Nicholson

Murdo

52

Gardener

1184/2

Dunvegan, Inverness

Duirinish

Catherine

23

Domestic Servant

Margaret

21

Domestic Servant

Robertson

Alexander

45

Crofter

1367/1

Ostaig, Inverness

Sleat

Christy

44

Effy

18

Mary

16

Margaret

11

Catherine

8

Shaw

Alexander

55

Crofter

1471/3

Lower Milovaig, Inverness

Duirinish

Margaret

56

Catherine

32

Donald

29

Margaret

22

Marion

20

Effy

17

Shaw

Angus

24

Farm Servant

1471/3

Lower Milovaig, Inverness

son of Alexander Shaw | Duirinish

Catherine

26

Stewart

James

47

Blacksmith

1548/2

Ardavasar, Inverness

Sleat

Janet

43

Alexander

20

John

17

Flora

13

Ann

10

Sally

7

Mary

4

Names

Age

Occupation

B-index

Residence

Remarks

Last

Given

Single Men

Macpherson

John

14

Farm Servant

-

Sasaig, Inverness

nephew of John Macpherson

Shaw

Malcolm

24

Farm Servant

1472/2

Bernisdale, Inverness

brother of Agnes Mackinnon

Single Women

Henderson

Mary

24

Domestic Servant

-

Kilvaxter, Inverness

Macdonald

Marion

25

Farm Servant

-

Holmisdale, Inverness

sister of Murdo Macdonald

Macleod

Flora

36

Farm Servant

1080/1

Glenmure, Inverness

Macleod

Mary

12

Farm Servant

-

Glenmure, Inverness

Macpherson

Christy

20

Farm Servant

-

Sasaig, Inverness

sister of John Macpherson

Macpherson

Flora

36

Farm Servant

-

Inverness

sister of J. Macpherson ?

Macpherson

Kate

30

Domestic Servant

-

Carbost, Inverness

sister of Ann Macleod

McNeill

Effy

34

Domestic Servant

-

Carbost, Inverness

Shaw

Effy / Euphemia

22

Domestic Servant

1472/2

Bernisdale, Inverness

sister of Agnes Mackinnon

Shaw

Janet

26

Domestic Servant

1472/2

Bernisdale, Inverness

sister of Agnes Mackinnon

Shaw

Margaret

18

Domestic Servant

1472/2

Inverness

?

Shaw

Mary

22

Farm Servant

-

Dunvegan, Inverness

Sources: State
Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants
arriving in South Australia under United
Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886
GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register;
The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and
Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column
indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding
reference
number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'